Mining Paper 2 May/June 2015

Question 1

List four of the major elements that make up the earth’s crust.

Observation

This was a compulsory question. Most of the candidates answered the question correctly and scored high marks.  However, a few of the candidates could not answer the question rightly. The major elements that make up the earth’s crust include Oxygen, Silicon, Aluminium, Iron, Calcium, Sodium, Potassium and Magnesium.